NEW YORK — ESTA has announced that the latest version of the draft standard, BSR E1.28 – 200x, Guidance on planning followspot positions in places of public assembly, is available for public review through Dec. 28, 2009. The E1.28 document, which is not a mandatory compliance document, offers guidance on the planning of permanent followspot positions. Recommendations include suggested locations of the followspot positions within the venue, the power likely to be needed, the waste heat generated, the amount of space likely to be needed, and the fall protection and egress issues to be considered for the operators’ safety, among other things.
The E1.28 document was developed at the urging of some followspot vendors and users, who found that some performance venues are built without competent design advice or in disregard for that advice, and the resulting followspot positions are sometimes unusable or dangerous.
To download the document, go to http://www.esta.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php.
